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>>> okular is not a 'stinking pdf reader'. Nice try. But just like konqueror |
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>>> it is just a wrapper around kparts and is able to deal with a lot more |
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>>> files than just pdf and postscript. |
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>>> That is what 'modular' and 'code reuse' really means. |
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>>> And the opposite to what gnome does. 'oh, there is an app. Hijack it and |
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>>> gnomify it and make it dependent on 2 douzend gnome libs that all do the |
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>>> same but nobody ever cleaned up'. |
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>> You're right about the code reuse if you're running KDE, but I'd rather |
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>> not install *all* of Qt and a bunch of other crap just to view PDFs and |
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>> such. I think that's all he's arguing. |
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> well, do you complain if you have to install *all* of gtk + gnome |
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> objects+introspection+gconf? |
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>> I love having KDE on my desktop (and okular is really nice), but on my |
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>> laptop (i3wm) I spend the vast majority of my time in vim and on the |
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>> terminal and shouldn't have to essentially install KDE to view a PDF |
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>> when I need to check some LaTeX formatting. Just contrast with evince; I |
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>> disabled nautilus integration, and my machine only has 5 gnome packages, |
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>> 2 of which are icon sets. |
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>> Alec |
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> how much do you have to install if you deactivate all use flags for |
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> okular? well, you still have all of qt... and kdelibs and phonon... but |
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> you would loose a lot of the other stuff. vlc support in phonon is as |
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> optional as tiff or chm in okular. |
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Alright, you got me there. I was a little over-dosed on coffee when I |
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wrote that. I forgot about gtk since I already had a gtk app or two when |
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I installed evince. |
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> So on that box you wouldn't choose a KDE program. Simple. |
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Yes, it was simple. Everything on gentoo is just soooo simple ;) |
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I think this is the first discussion about desktop environments I've |
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ever seen that hasn't degenerated into a complete flame war. I love this |
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list. |
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